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GLOSSARY OF HEALTH SECTOR ACRONYMS
ACC Accident Compensation Corporation
ADM Acute Demand Management
ALOS Average Length of Stay
A&OD Alcohol and Other Drug
APEX Association of Professional and Executive Employees
ASMS Association Salaried Medical Specialists
AT&R Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation
ATT Actual Treatment Threshold
AWUNZ Amalgamated Workers Union New Zealand
BCP Business Continuity Plan
CAFS Children, Adolescent and Family Services
CAPEX Capital Expenditure
CAT Computer Axial Tomograthy
CCP Clinical Career Pathway
CCU Coronary Care Unit
CD Clinical Director
CEA Collective Employment Agreement
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CFA Crown Funding Agreement; Crown Funding Agency
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CI Cataract Initiative
CIO Chief Information Officer
CIS Clinical Information System
CNM Clinical Nurse Manager
CME Continuing Medical Education
CMO Chief Medical Officer
CNC Clinical Nurse Co-ordinator
CNL Clinical Nurse Leader and Care Needs Level
CNS Clinical Nurse Specialist
CCN Clinical Charge Nurse
COT Certainty of Treatment
CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
CPHAC Community and Public Health Advisory Committee
CPIT Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
CQI Continuous Quality Improvement
CSF Critical Success Factors
CTA Clinical Training Agency
CW Case Weights
CWD Case Weighted Discharges
DAP District Annual Plan
DHB District Health Board
DHBNZ District Health Board New Zealand
DNA Did Not Attend
DRP Disaster Recovery Plan
DSAC Disability Support Advisory Committee
DSS Disability Support Services
DSU Day Surgery Unit
EAP Employment Assistance Programme
ED Emergency Department
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EN Enrolled Nurse
ENT Ear, Nose and Throat
ESPI Elective Service Performance Indicators
EQuIP4 Evaluation and quality improvement programme version 4
FACEM Fellowship of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine
FF&E Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment
FSA First Specialist Assessment
FTE Full Time Equivalent
FU Follow-up visit
GM General Manager
GP General Practitioner
H&S Health and Safety
HAC Hospital Advisory Committee
HBL Health Benefits Limited
HISNZ Health Information Strategy for New Zealand
HO House Officer
HOT House of Travel
HPCAA Health Practitioners Competency Assurance Act
HPV Human Papillomarvirus
HR Human Resources
HRIS Human Resources Information Systems
HWIP Health Workforce Information Project
IAA Immigration Advisors Association
IANZ International Accreditation New Zealand
ICM International Confederation of Midwives
ICT Information and Communications Technology
ICU Intensive Care Unit
IDF Inter District Flows
IEA Individual Employment Agreement
IPA Independent Practitioners Association
IS Information Systems
ISAC Information Systems Advisory Committee
ISSP Information Systems Strategic Plan
IS Information Systems
IT Information Technology
JV Joint Venture
K Thousand
KPI Key Performance Indicators
LAN Local Area Network
LMC Lead Maternity Carer
MECA Multi-Employer Collective Agreement
MERAS Midwifery Employee Representation and Advisory Service
MH Mental Health
MHINC Mental Health Information Collection
MHSOP Mental Health Services for Older People
MO Medical Officer
MOH Ministry of Health
MOSS Medical Officer of Specialist Scale
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRSA Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureas (a “superbug”)
MRT Medical Radiation Technologist
MVS Meningococcal Vaccine Strategy
NASC Needs Assessment and Service Co-ordination
NBS National Booking System
NETP Nursing Entry to Practice
NRG Network Representative Group
NGO Non Government Organisation
NHI National Health Index
NHPPD Nursing Hours Per Patient Day
NICU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NIR National Immunisation Register
NMDS National Minimum Data Set
NNPAC National Non-Admitted Patients Collection
NZ New Zealand
NZHIS New Zealand Health Information Service
NZNO New Zealand Nurses Organisation
O&D Organisation and Development
NZREX New Zealand Registration Examination
O&G Obstetrics and Gynaecology
OP Outpatient
P&F Planning and Funding
PACS Picture Archiving and Communication System (digital x-rays)
PBFF Population Based Funding Formula
PC Personal Computer
PET Positron Electronic Tomography
PD Position Description
PDRP Practice Development and Recognition Programme
PHNCW Personal Health Non Cost Weighted
PHO Primary Health Organisation
PRIMHD Programme for Integration for Mental Health Data Project
PSA Public Service Association
PTR Professional Technical Related
QHNZ Quality Health New Zealand
QIC Quality Improvement Committee
RDA Resident Doctors Association
RFI Request for Information
RFP Request for Proposal
RHMU Residual Health Management Unit
RIS Radiology Information System
RMO Resident Medical Officer
RN Registered Nurse
SBVS School Based Vaccination System
SCDHB South Canterbury District Health Board
SISSAL South Island Shared Service Agency Limited
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLH South Link Health
SLT Speech Language Therapist
SMO Senior Medical Officer
SMT Senior Management Team
SOI Statement of Intent
SS Sterile Supply
SWFU Service and Food Workers Union
UK United Kingdom
WAN Wide Area Network
WAP Workforce Action Plan
WINZ Work and Income New Zealand
YTD Year to Date